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<blockquote data-quote="fireinthedust" data-source="post: 7659501" data-attributes="member: 51930"><p>I'm a new publisher myself, with my first solo DCC RPG-compatible product up now on DrivethruRPG: <a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143780/Wrath-of-the-Frost-Queen" target="_blank">http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143780/Wrath-of-the-Frost-Queen</a></p><p></p><p>That title is all me. As in aaaaaaallll me: Writing, illustration, layouts, InDesign, everything. Some feedback from others, but otherwise I'm my only employee. </p><p></p><p>Publishing itself is cheap: I had a scanner, I can draw, I can write, I have InDesign and Photoshop, which means I can make and sell PDFs with a cost only in time, if I do them myself. </p><p></p><p>It's a lot of work, and if I ever want to get to the point where I make back any money, I need other people to generate content for a back list. I also want to help other people like myself get creative content out there. I'm looking for sustainability first, so if there are lots of products being sold, even if I get just a little bit from each, that helps me. Creators who make content need to get paid: they earn it. The money up front is the kicker, though, for things like a print run. Distribution in print also takes off a share. That's why the PDF market is important for no-money companies just starting up. If I want to hire an artist, or team up with a writer to get their materials into book form and off their laptops, basically we're neither of us getting paid until the book sells.</p><p></p><p>My predicament is this: I want to hire help, and share the profits with others (like a ship captain and his crew). I am happy to pony up whatever comes in, but I don't have it until the book gets purchased, and that can't happen until the product is done.</p><p></p><p>That means a) do a Kickstarter/Indigogo to pay artists and writers (like me) up front (give them food while they work); or b) network with talented people and pay them as the money comes in.</p><p></p><p>I refuse to screw people over, period. But if I can't offer a % when it gets sold, is Kickstarter the only way to get a project up and running?</p><p></p><p>I'm happy to meet potential writers and artists in person, and work in person on the product until it's ready. But, considering I have the equipment to do everything RIGHT NOW, how else but a Kickstarter or a % afterwards, can someone who isn't already rich get going?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fireinthedust, post: 7659501, member: 51930"] I'm a new publisher myself, with my first solo DCC RPG-compatible product up now on DrivethruRPG: [url]http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143780/Wrath-of-the-Frost-Queen[/url] That title is all me. As in aaaaaaallll me: Writing, illustration, layouts, InDesign, everything. Some feedback from others, but otherwise I'm my only employee. Publishing itself is cheap: I had a scanner, I can draw, I can write, I have InDesign and Photoshop, which means I can make and sell PDFs with a cost only in time, if I do them myself. It's a lot of work, and if I ever want to get to the point where I make back any money, I need other people to generate content for a back list. I also want to help other people like myself get creative content out there. I'm looking for sustainability first, so if there are lots of products being sold, even if I get just a little bit from each, that helps me. Creators who make content need to get paid: they earn it. The money up front is the kicker, though, for things like a print run. Distribution in print also takes off a share. That's why the PDF market is important for no-money companies just starting up. If I want to hire an artist, or team up with a writer to get their materials into book form and off their laptops, basically we're neither of us getting paid until the book sells. My predicament is this: I want to hire help, and share the profits with others (like a ship captain and his crew). I am happy to pony up whatever comes in, but I don't have it until the book gets purchased, and that can't happen until the product is done. That means a) do a Kickstarter/Indigogo to pay artists and writers (like me) up front (give them food while they work); or b) network with talented people and pay them as the money comes in. I refuse to screw people over, period. But if I can't offer a % when it gets sold, is Kickstarter the only way to get a project up and running? I'm happy to meet potential writers and artists in person, and work in person on the product until it's ready. But, considering I have the equipment to do everything RIGHT NOW, how else but a Kickstarter or a % afterwards, can someone who isn't already rich get going? [/QUOTE]
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